contacts keeps crashing on my iMac

I am running OS High Sierra upgrade and just lately I cannot open my contact book. It starts to boot up and then just quits. here is a screen shot but of the quit message but it doesn't seem to have an error code. Please help if anyone can as I use it alot. cheers Jo

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 10, 2018 8:46 PM

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1 reply

raina_b22

Community Specialist

Jul 12, 2018 3:33 PM in response to Jostar

Hey Jostar,

I understand you're experiencing an app quitting unexpectedly. I'd be happy to look into this with you.

With this situation, I'd recommend using these steps to isolate the issue:

macOS Sierra: If an app freezes or quits unexpectedly

Cheers!

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